After all the work that we had done in Marmaris we headed over to Leros, Greece and the family run Artemis Boatyard. This was where we had picked up the boat back in June 2021 after coming out of a very long COVID separation. At Artemis there was a great opportunity...
The Plan 2024
This year we are ready to finally make that jump across the Atlantic. We will be travelling through the Gibraltar Strait from Spain and head to the Canary Islands. All the upgrades are completed on the boat including a watermaker. Mid December we plan to be in Cabo Verde to start the Atlantic adventure.
Check out a few of the places we have been so far
Getting S!#* Done
We have been in Marmaris Turkey for just over 2 weeks and managed to accomplish a few things that were on the list. We have new standard rigging. This involved the mast coming off and taken away with the aid of a crane leaving us to spend 3 nights without a mast....
Alimos to Symi – Turkey here we come
After dropping Mike and Helen in Athens we made our way around the bottom of Athens and anchored in an industrial looking bay before moving on to Karystos. We had picked Karystos because of the ideal protection that we would get from the meltemi coming down. The...
Saying Goodbye
Well, it has been 4 and a half months but now we need to say "see you soon" to Mike and Helen. We will be seeing them when we get to Australia in November. We picked up our crew in Montenegro back in mid April after we arrived on Deb and Pete's boat Galene. We saw a...
Through the Corinth Canal
The Corinth Canal divides the Peloponnese from the mainland of Greece and was first considered in the 7th century BC with construction being attempted in the 1st century AD. Construction was attempted again in 1881 but abandoned because of bankruptcy. The canal was...
Sarande, Albania to Kefalonia, Greece
Interactive Google Map Made this little interactive map from Google Maps. You can see where we have been and eventually will start adding pictures as I get better at it 🙂 Made our way across the short stretch of water from Sarande in Albania to the first port of...